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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






2. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






3. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






4. What type of people need extra protein?






5. What is RDA of protein?






6. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






7. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






8. When does BMR decrease?






9. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






10. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






11. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






12. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






13. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






14. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






15. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






16. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






17. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






18. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






19. What is normal albumin levels?






20. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






21. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






22. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






23. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






24. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






25. What is normal BMI?






26. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






27. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






28. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






29. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






30. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






31. Where can you get more vitamin D?






32. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






33. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






34. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






35. Sources of fats






36. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






37. What is the function of vitamin E?






38. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






39. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






40. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






41. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






42. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






43. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






44. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






45. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






46. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






47. How many calories/gram is protein?






48. When does BMR increase?






49. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






50. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?